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IR SPECTRAL MAPPING OF THE MARTIAN SOUTH POLAR RESIDUAL CAP USING CRISM [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered to be important in theories of abiogenesis (Allamandola, 2011) . There is evidence that PAHs have been detected on two icy Saturnian satellites using the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer ...
J. Campbell, J. Campbell, P. Sidiropoulos, J.-P. Muller   +3 more
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A Search for Water Masers in the Saturnian System

, 2010
We searched for H2O 6(1,6)-5(2,3) maser emission at 22.235 GHz from several Saturnian satellites with the Nobeyama 45m radio telescope in May 2009. Observations were made for Titan, Hyperion, Enceladus and Atlas, for which Pogrebenko et al.
Deguchi, Shuji, Kuno, Nario, Shimoikura, Tomomi, Takahashi, Shigeru, Yoshida, Fumi   +4 more
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Deciphering the Origin of the Regular Satellites of Gaseous Giants - Iapetus: the Rosetta Ice-Moon [PDF]

, 2009
Here we show that Iapetus can serve to discriminate between satellite formation models. Its accretion history can be understood in terms of a two-component gaseous subnebula, with a relatively dense inner region, and an extended tail out to the location ...
Atreya, Ayliffe, Bai, Baker, Bate, Beckwith, Bell, Benz, Birnstiel, Bodenheimer, Bottke, Brauer, Bronshten, Brown, Buie, Buratti, Canup, Castillo-Rogez, Castillo-Rogez, Chabot, Charnoz, Charnoz, Charnoz, Chyba, Currie, Cuzzi, Cuzzi, Cuzzi, Davis, Dodson-Robinson, Dohnanyi, Dominik, Dominik, Dullemond, Durham, Ellsworth, Estrada, Ghosh, Hayashi, Hobbs, Housen, Hubickyj, Ignacio Mosqueira, Jewitt, Johansen, Johnson, Kenyon, Koponen, Kretke, Lin, Lunine, Lyra, McKinnon, Merk, Morbidelli, Morbidelli, Morfill, Moses, Mosqueira, Mosqueira, Mosqueira, Owen, Paul R. Estrada, Person, Podolak, Pollack, Pollack, Pollack, Prialnik, Prialnik, Prinn, Rafikov, Ryan, Scott, Sebastien Charnoz, Smoluchowski, Sohl, Stern, Stevenson, Svetsov, Tamayo, Tremaine, Turner, Ward, Weidenschilling, Weidenschilling, Wetherill, Wong, Youdin, Young, Zahnle, Zahnle   +91 more
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New Saturnian satellites

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1982
Four, and possibly as many as six, new satellites of Saturn have been found as a result of data from the Voyager 2 encounter with the planet in August 1981. The discoveries bring the number of Saturnian satellites to between 21 and 23. The two ‘possible’ satellites were seen in only one observation each, so their orbits are not yet confirmed.The ...
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Differentiating Plumes and Local Torus Segments of Enceladus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Enceladus's south polar plumes and their surrounding torus segments (local plasma regions formed by plume material diffusion) are key to understanding its magnetospheric interaction; however, clear observational criteria to distinguish them remain lacking.
Shangchun Teng, Zhonghua Yao, Jian Zhang, Tianshu Qin, Fiona Wai Chung Law, Jinyan Zhao, Ruilong Guo   +6 more
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The Role of Ejecta in the Small Crater Populations on the Mid-Sized Saturnian Satellites

, 2011
We find evidence that crater ejecta play an important role in the small crater populations on the Saturnian satellites, and more broadly, on cratered surfaces throughout the Solar System. We measure crater populations in Cassini images of Enceladus, Rhea,
Alvarellos, Alvarellos, Alvarellos, Bart, Bierhaus, Bierhaus, Bierhaus, Bottke, Burns, Cintala, Crater Analysis Techniques Working Group, Davies, Dobrovolskis, Dundas, Durham, Edward B. Bierhaus, Giese, Hartmann, Horedt, Horedt, Housen, José Luis Alvarellos, Kempf, Kevin Zahnle, Kirchoff, Kirchoff, Levison, Lissauer, Lorenz, Luke Dones, Marchi, McEwen, McEwen, Melosh, Moore, Neish, Neukum, Plescia, Plescia, Plescia, Porco, Porco, Preblich, Richardson, Robbins, Schenk, Schenk, Schmidt, Schubert, Schultz, Smith, Smith, Snodgrass, Stern, Thomas, Vickery, Weiler, Wood, Zahnle, Zahnle, Zahnle, Zahnle   +61 more
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Curtain-based Maps of Eruptive Activity in Enceladus’s South-polar Terrain at 15 Cassini Epochs

The Planetary Science Journal
We map surface eruptive activity in Cassini images of Enceladus’s south-polar terrain (SPT) at 15 epochs spanning late 2009 to late 2015 using a refined curtain approach derived from that of J. N. Spitale et al. (S2015).
Joseph N. Spitale, Mattie D. Tigges, Alexander Berne, Alyssa Rhoden, Terry A. Hurford, Kevin D. Webster   +5 more
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Structure of Jupiter's High‐Latitude Storms: Folded Filamentary Regions Revealed by Juno

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Sprawling, turbulent cloud formations dominate the meteorology of Jupiter's mid‐to‐high latitudes, known as Folded Filamentary Regions (FFRs). A multi‐wavelength characterization by Juno reveals the spatial distribution, vertical structure, and energetics of the FFRs.
L. N. Fletcher, Z. Zhang, S. Brown, F. A. Oyafuso, J. H. Rogers, M. H. Wong, A. Mura, G. Eichstädt, G. S. Orton, S. Brueshaber, R. Sankar, C. Li, S. M. Levin, F. Biagiotti, T. Guillot, A. P. Ingersoll, D. Grassi, C. J. Hansen, S. Bolton, J. H. Waite   +19 more
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The Potential for Organic Synthesis in the Ocean of Enceladus

The Astrophysical Journal
The Cassini spacecraft detected a soup of organics in the plume of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Those compounds could provide building blocks for the potential emergence or sustenance of microbial life in Enceladus’ subsurface ocean. However, the sources and
Can Liu, Weiming Xu, Zongbin Zhang, Kirt Robinson, Maggie Lau, Fang Huang, Fang Huang, Christopher R. Glein, Jihua Hao   +8 more
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Oscillatory Loading in Ice Friction Experiments: Implications for Tidally Driven Activity Along the Tiger Stripes of Enceladus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract We explored the effect of oscillatory loading on the frictional response of polycrystalline water ice and ice + ammonia to better understand the behavior of tidally modulated strike‐slip faults on the icy satellites of the outer solar system, particularly Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Maheenuz Zaman, Christine McCarthy, Rob M. Skarbek, Heather M. Savage, Noah P. Hammond   +4 more
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